Poetry and Afrikan Surrealism. An Interv...

Q. Your poetry cov­ers a vari­ety of top­ics from polit­ics, social and his­tory. Why do you think it is import­ant to speak on these top­ics… Read more

Poetry From Lucy Webster

This week we fea­ture poetry from eight­een year old stu­dent and act­iv­ist Lucy Web­ster, an excit­ing new voice in the poetry com­munity. Aside from being… Read more

In memory of Gil Scott-Heron

One of the most import­ant pro­gen­it­ors of rap music, Gil Scott-Her­on’s aggress­ive, no-non­­sense street poetry inspired a legion of intel­li­gent rap­pers while his enga­ging… Read more

Review: DUKE01 (@TherealDuke01) ‘STERO...

As a hip-hop pur­ist, I feel it’s always pos­sible to dif­fer­en­ti­ate between artists that rap because they want to make rap music and those that… Read more

#AnAttackOnUsAll End War On Zapatista Co...

Sum­mary of recent events: On May 2, 2014, in the Zapatista ter­rit­ory of La Real­id­ad, Chiapas, Mex­ico, the group CIOAC‑H, planned and executed a para­mil­it­ary… Read more

Apex Zero (@ApexZero00) Speaks Out About...

Apex Zero inter­view about the Mark Dug­gan Inquest “ver­dict” and it’s con­text in con­tem­por­ary UK, with Tre­vor Black­man for Break Lon­don.  … Read more

Video+Lyrics: Heritage By @TOHHNYC @Gnom...

Sanc­hez One TOHH NYC My style of RAP Was placed on my LAP Handed by gods & TEACHAS From way back! When I use to… Read more

Review: John Berkavitch’s (@berkavitch...

John Berkavitch’s hon­est auto­bi­o­graph­ic­al per­form­ance took audi­ences on an invit­ing jour­ney.  Com­bin­ing spoken word, poetry, anim­a­tion, phys­ic­al theatre, break and con­tem­por­ary dance Shame is a… Read more

@IBMCs Special. Female Emcees Worldwide

A must listen col­lec­tion! A real treat to you ears brought to you exclus­ively by IBMCs! Listen to the likes of Tempa, Dyn­asty, Pump­kin, Rha… Read more

Poetry + Video: Joelle Taylor ‘Crystal...

  CRYS­TAL KISSES Girls at the top Of ivory tower blocks Cut Your hair. Your bandana Pimp Charm­ing will not save you He has… Read more

Interview: Talking Beats and Sound with ...

Q. How old were you when you first star­ted mix­ing? I guess I was prob­ably about 14. I star­ted by just mess­ing around with my… Read more

Review: (@Adventures_of ) ‘Love Sick’

Real Hip-Hop music is poet­ic by nature.  Some of the best poetry I’ve ever heard has been set to a kick­ing beat and delivered by… Read more